NetConnection.connect( )

NetConnection.connect( ) Method

Flash 6

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defines the URL used in a Flash Remoting connection

   myNetConnectionObject   .connect(   targetURL   ) 

Arguments

targetURL

A URL of the Flash Remoting gateway that you wish to connect to. The URL can be prepended with an http:// or https :// protocol, but can also be used without any protocol, which defaults to http:// .

Returns

true if the protocol is valid ( http:// or https:// ), and false otherwise .

Description

The connect( ) method is used to connect to a Flash Remoting gateway. Using the connect( ) method does not require the inclusion of the NetServices.as file. The word connect is something of a misnomer; at no time during this call does the NetConnection object connect to the remote server. The actual connection takes place when a service function call is made.

Example

The following code shows the basic syntax of the connect( ) method:

 // Create the connection var my_conn = new NetConnection( ); // Attach a URL for the gateway my_conn.connect("http://127.0.0.1/flashservices/gateway"); 

In most cases, you will not use this method directly but instead use the createGatewayConnection( ) method, which instantiates a NetConnection object and connects to it as well.

See Also

NetConnection.ReplaceGatewayUrl( ) , NetServices.createGatewayConnection( ), NetServices.setDefaultGateway( ) ; Chapter 4